Fluid pressure actuated tire bead loosening device



ay 2, 1950 R. w. WlNsTr-:AD 2,506,007

FLUID PRESSURE ACTUATED TIRE BEAD LOSENING DEVICE Filed May 15, 194s Patented May 2, 1950 FLUID PRESSURE ACTUATED TIRE BEAD LOOSENIN G DEVICE Robert W. Winstead, Pasadena, Tex.

Application May 15, 1946, Serial No. 669,985

2 Claims. l

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in apparatus for freeing tires from drop center rims or wheels in order to facilitate removal of the tire from the rim, and to free and remove tires from rims having removable side rings such as used on trucks.

More specically, the invention embodies the provision of a portable stand including a base for positioning under a tire when the tire is placed horizontally and providing a lack mounted in an inverted position on the stand for engaging the tire to compress the side walls thereof and thus free the beadings of the tire from the rim.

An important obiect of the invention is to provide an arcuate stationary clamping plate carried by the base of the stand and an upper clamping plate carried by the jack for engaging the side walls of the tire in the region of the headings for cooperating clamping engagement with the upner and lower side walls of the tire to simultaneously free the upper and lower headings from the rim and without danger of iniurv to the tire walls.

Another obiect of the invention is to provide hydraulic or pneumatic jack mechanism carried bv the stand and including a downwardly extening plunger to which the upper clamping plate is attached for exertingr the necessary pressure on the side wall of the tire to compress the walls thereof.

A further obiect of the invention is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction. which is strong and durable, efficient and reliable in use and otherwise Well ada nted to the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other obiects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof. wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout. and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the device with parts broken away and shown in section.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the jack, and

Figure 4 is a similar view of a modified ,lack construction adapted for operation from a compressed air line.

Referring now to the drawing in detail and rst with respect to the form of invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, the numeral 5 designates a portable stand generally which includes a pair of angle iron base members 6 positioned in spaced parallel relation with respect to each other and having legs 'I welded or otherwise suitably secured at their lower ends to the base member E and curved upwardly therefrom and terminating in a curved arm 8 overlying the base.

A hydraulic jack 9 of conventional construction is mounted in an inverted position on the end of the arm El and including a cylinder Ill having a plunger I I working therein and extending downwardly therefrom.

To the lower end of the plunger II is attached a cross member I2 and to the underside of the cross member is secured an arcuate clamping plate I3. A similar arcuate clamping plate I4 is secured to the base members 6 immediately below the upper clamping plate I3.

A coil spring I5 has its lower end attached to the lower end of the plunger I I and has its upper end secured to the lower portion of the jack 9 by means of hangers or hooks I B.

The jack shown in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive includes a manually operated handle I1 for working a piston I8 in a cylinder I9 which communicates with the upper end of the cylinder In by means of a passage 20. The jack also includes a iiuid reservoir 2I which communicates with the lower portion of the cylinder I8 by means of a passage 22 having a check valve 23 therein.

Pressure is built up in the upper end of the cylinder IIl by an upward and downward stroke of the handle Il to force the plunger II downwardly, so that by placing a pneumatic tire casing 24 in a horizontal position on the lower clamping plate I4 in the region of the lower beading 25, the operation of the handle I'I of the jack will force the upper clamping plate I3 downwardly to engage the upper walls of the tire in the region of the upper beading 2B thereof, to thus free the headings from the rim 21 and to facilitate removal of the tire from the rim.

Pressure in the upper portion of the cylinder I0 is released by a valve 23 to return the iiuid to the reservoir 2I.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figure 4, a modified jack cylinder 29 is illustrated having a piston 30 working therein and provided with a piston rod 3l extending downwardly therefrom and to which the upper clamping plate I3 is attached.

An air hose 32 is attached to the upper end of the cylinder 29 leading from a suitable source of compressed air and controlled by means of a two-way valve 33 of 'conventional construction for admitting airunder pressure into the upper end of the cylindern or for exhausting the same therefrom through an exhaust pipe 34,

The plate I3 is formed with transverse openings l3a to receive shims (not shown) which may be forced between the bead of a tire and the flange of a rim should it be necessary to so apply such force to break the bead loose from the rim.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the construction operation and advantages of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even .though there is herein shown and described a pre- Ierred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A tire removing apparatus comprising a base including a pair of spaced base members adapted for positioning under a tire when the tire is placed in a horizontal position, upwardly curved and converging arms overlying the upper wall ofI the tire and secured to said spaced base members, a fluid pressure operated jack having a pivoted actuation handle, mounted in an inverted positionpat thejuncticn of said arms and including a downwardly extendingplunger, a horizontal Y arcuate plate having a wedge-shaped cross section carried by the base and positioned under the tirein the regionoi the lower beading, and a horizontal arcuate plate having a wedge-shaped cross section carriedA by the plunger for exerting a downward plessure on the uppermost wall of the:

tirein the region of the tire beading, said plates operating to simultaneously free a tire from a rim upon a downward movement of the plunger, and said plate carried by the* plunger having a pluralityl oftransverse openings therein to accommodate spacing tools.

2. A tire removing apparatus comprising a base including a pair of base members adapted for positioning under a tire when the tire is placed in a horizontal position, upwardly curved and converging arms overlying the upper wall of the tire and secured to said pair of base members, a uid pressure operated jack mounted in an inverted position at the junction of the arms, and including a downwardly extending plunger, a rst horizontal arcuate plate carried by said base and positioned under the tire in the region of the lower beading, a second horizontal arcuate plate, its concaved edge having a vertically extending wall provided with spreading tool openings, said second horizontal arcuate plate being carried by the plunger for exerting a downward pressure on the uppermost wall of the tire in the region of the tire beading, and said rst arcuate plate being wedge-shaped in cross-section, thicker at its concave edge than its convex edge.

ROBERT W'. WINSTEAD.,

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

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